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readable, backlit LED display and fits in a standard 2 ¼-inch
instrument hole.
The TSO'd RANGR-RX/G serves as the rule-compliant
position source required for ADS-B Out and also provides
the FAA's Flight Information Services-Broadcast and
Traffic Information Services-Broadcast data, available from
ADS-B In. The RANGR-RX works with "a multitude" of
multifunction displays and tablet-based EFB software to
display the ADS-B In data.
"There is a lack of cost-effective, high-quality options for
twin turboprop aircraft," said Pete Ring, FreeFlight Systems'
vice president of sales and marketing in a release announcing
Avail. "This is an ideal solution for many of our clients where
a non-disruptive, remote-mounted option is preferred."
The AML STC for the Avail program is scheduled for
release in late summer 2018, and will include most common
twin turboprop aircraft. Full retail pricing starts at $19,500.
For more information, visit freeflightsystems.com.
Garmin
Garmin has introduced several new product lines in recent
months, including digital autopilots and what the company
calls its "next-generation, all-glass integrated flight deck,"
the TXi series. At the 2018 AEA Convention, Garmin's Jim
Alpiser presented two new products aimed at the rotorcraft
market: the GFC 600H helicopter flight control system and the
G500H TXi integrated flight deck.
According to the
company, the GFC 600H
flight control system is a
"breakthrough in costeffective technology that
reduces pilot workload
and improves mission
effectiveness." The
attitude-based system
employs an AHRS
and includes safety
features like a stability
augmentation system, a
dedicated return-to-level
mode and hover assist,
plus overspeed and lowspeed protection. The
GFC 600H also offers

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integration with compatible flight displays, instruments
and navigation sources. The system uses guidance from
compatible Garmin navigators to automatically fly approaches,
and search and rescue patterns. Vertical and lateral modes
include altitude hold, altitude select, vertical speed, indicated
airspeed and heading select.
Designed specifically for Part 27 VFR helicopters, the
G500H TXi includes a 10.6-inch touchscreen LCD and
two versions of 7-inch displays, available in portrait or
landscape orientation. The flight deck is equipped with a
five-color Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning System,
WireAware wire-strike avoidance technology and Garmin's
HSVT 3D synthetic vision. The G500H TXi also features
multiple video input options, night vision goggle compatibility
and a graphical map overlay within the horizontal situation
indicator for most display formats.
The G5000H helps with situational awareness, according
to Garmin, by including HSI mapping capabilities that put
an MFD-like perspective map view within the HSI portion
of the PFD. The HSI map view can also support the overlay
of NEXRAD imagery and weather inputs from ADS-B and
SiriusXM datalinks.
For more information, visit garmin.com.
Genesys Aerosystems
Genesys Aerosystems was formed in 2014 when Chelton
Flight Systems Inc. and S-TEC Corp., previously doing
business as Cobham Avionics, were acquired. The company's
director of sales and marketing, Jamie Luster, briefed
attendees on a wide range of new STCs for the S-TEC 3100
digital flight control system.
The S-TEC 3100 is a two- or three-axis unit available with
an internal attitude and heading reference system featuring
built-in autopilot, flight director and yaw damper controls,
flight director capability to drive pitch and roll bars together
with mode annunciations on compatible EFIS displays,
and lateral and vertical navigation. In addition to envelope
protection, and straight and level recovery, the autopilot
can provide underspeed and overspeed warnings and voice
annunciations. A roll envelope exceedance warning also is
provided, as is automatic pitch trim, control wheel steering
and GPS steering mode. The system can be integrated with

S-TEC 3100 digital flight control system
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